I need help finding a graphics card that fits my prebuilt

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So the graphics card i have isn't made for gaming, its made mainly for normal consumers that don't play things like doom or starcraft. So, that also means that since i am a heavy gamer im going to get penalized for it. The only problem is that i don't have the money atm to buy the parts for a new pc but i do have enough to at least get a half decent graphics card. can you help me with my situation? if it helps i will link the amazon and newegg pages for my desktop and graphics card https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Radeon-Profile-Graphics-Computer/dp/B00N72JYHS
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883265040
 
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I would first worry about what graphics cards will work in it first and be dang sure it will before I buy one



some models of store bought computers [dell.hp,acer,ect..] may come with a ''locked or fixed'' / legacy or uefi bios and may not allow you to change certain hardware as a video card.. this is done to protect them from undue warranty claims and refunds .this is not done to hurt you but to protect them. you really need to see if that upgrade has been proven to work in your model first before you invest money in it .. there are a lot of these threads here at toms to look at some models will allow upgrades and some dont.. and a lot of guys here say ya ya ya when is really no no no...it would be sad you spent $200 on a card...
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https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137079 is the latest LP card.

I would double your amount of RAM.
 
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I would first worry about what graphics cards will work in it first and be dang sure it will before I buy one



some models of store bought computers [dell.hp,acer,ect..] may come with a ''locked or fixed'' / legacy or uefi bios and may not allow you to change certain hardware as a video card.. this is done to protect them from undue warranty claims and refunds .this is not done to hurt you but to protect them. you really need to see if that upgrade has been proven to work in your model first before you invest money in it .. there are a lot of these threads here at toms to look at some models will allow upgrades and some dont.. and a lot of guys here say ya ya ya when is really no no no...it would be sad you spent $200 on a card that won't post after you installed it as most find out. then get told its your psu and you spend more and end up right back where you are now, but its up to you good luck..


you got to know the boards in these computers are not like the ones we use to do custom builds witch are open to upgrading with in the boards compatibly . the bios is custom made for there design and just for the parts they authorize to be used on there computers there only guaranteed to work as is out of the box as you bought it ,..


also these boards do not have to meet atx standards and there pci-e slot power may not do the required 75w needed for most higher end cards and can be limited to say 45 or 60w that is all thats needed with the low end factory oem cards that it may of shipped with
[example]
http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/3514/1030.DESKTOP.jpg

in the end any upgrade you do is all your own risk . the prebuilt manufactures only guarantees there computers work as sold to you as is out of the box from there factory with what they put on it , not a drop more

there in business to sell you whole ready to go computers , and dont worry about you upgrading them or giving you support to do so . thats not how they make there money they prefer you run to wal-mart and buy there ''better'' latest models


good place to start would be there forums

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkCentre-A-E-M-S-Series/ASUS-GEFORCE-GT640-not-working-with-the-latest-M92p-2992-B3G/m-p/1504430/highlight/true#M11426

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/tc01_en/thread-id/10814/page/3

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkCentre-A-E-M-S-Series/M92p-SFF-Graphics-upgrade-PCIe-2-0-vs-3-0-gaming/m-p/3297092/highlight/true#M16406

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkCentre-A-E-M-S-Series/Graphics-Card-won-t-fit-M92p-Tower/m-p/3388635/highlight/true#M17654

 
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